The Legend of Fangren

After a long silence, Luohe finally spoke: "Disciple...understands."

The official only said, "I'm just reminding the others that the boy treats you well, and a broad mind is also very important in the path of cultivation. You need to consider the choices yourself... Do you all understand? It's not that I don't want you to find someone you like, but it's best if you can have both."

The disciples replied, "Yes, Master."

As a result, the female disciples lost much of their interest in what had just happened at Luohe.

After all, they knew that junior brother from the Heaven and Earth Pavilion. Even though he had good fortune, his aptitude was really too poor. The day before yesterday, he defeated the young master of the Feng family on the Azure Dragon Platform only because he ate a lot of spiritual fruits. Once he reaches a higher realm, with his speed of refining profound qi, no matter how many spiritual fruits he eats, he will not be able to catch up.

In this light, the two will inevitably be separated by death a hundred years from now, and it will all be just a passing cloud. Junior Sister Luo will eventually have to find a new Daoist partner.

Ugh……

After finishing her training, Luo He walked out of Qingxiu Workshop dejectedly, when suddenly someone patted her on the shoulder.

"Hey, Junior Sister Luo~ Still thinking about what Master said?"

Luo He didn't need to turn around to know who it was: "Senior Sister Qu, I'm not dwelling on that, I just..."

"Do you feel that after Junior Brother Fang leaves, you'll be all alone?" Qu Mei saw through her thoughts and asked directly.

"Mm." Luo He nodded.

Qu Mei asked, "Do you know how many years apart my mother and father are in my family?"

When Luohe shook her head, she continued, "My father was a full 112 years younger than my mother, and he was not my mother's first Daoist partner."

Qu Mei observed Luo He's expression before continuing, "When I was at home, I often asked my mother about the past, and she would always tell me a lot with a smile. When she left, the man lay quietly in her arms, and they were both smiling."

"Junior Sister Luo, all I want to say is, just treat things with your heart and don't leave any regrets."

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister." With some comfort, Luo He finally understood a little.

……

"Achoo!... What's going on?"

In the vegetable garden, Fang Shi, who was working, suddenly sneezed.

Although I don't know what's going on, it seems like someone is worried about the lifespan of a blocky person.

That's a really good joke.

Instead of worrying about that, we should think about how to obtain the Xuan Qi next.

The five gray fish have been completely destroyed. If you want to raise more, you'll have to go to the mountains to catch them. But the five gray fish have left Fang Shi with a bit of a phobia... It's definitely better to have ready-made ones to generate Xuan Qi faster.

Putting down his farm tools, Fang Shi swung his fists a few times, each punch powerful and swift.

With his inner energy fully activated, reaching the pinnacle of the Body Cultivation Realm is a given, and he has definitely reached the Nourishing Breath Realm. While other disciples in the Nourishing Breath Realm need to rely on the Nourishing Breath Method, he only needs to find a way to replenish his profound energy.

"What can we do?"

Looking up at the sky, there are clouds above the clouds, far beyond the reach of high mountains.

"What are you looking at?" Qu Yang asked, appearing beside him at some point.

Fang Shi then asked, "Master, why have I never seen any birds flying above this sect?"

"Of course, it's because of the sect's protective formation," Qu Yang said. "There are nine heavens, which are like realms. The height where our sect is located is called the first heaven. If mortal beings want to fly to this height, they need at least one level of cultivation. However, mystical beasts with cultivation will choose to go around the formation because of its influence."

"Sigh..." Fang Shi couldn't help but sigh, "Where am I supposed to find a mystical beast now?"

"What, you intend to fight that mystical beast?"

"Master, didn't you say my physique was comparable to that of a mystical beast?"

"Indeed, but wild beasts have hard scales, thick armor, sharp claws, and fangs. You are merely of equal strength, and you have no weapons or armor. How can you possibly fight them?"

Suddenly, Qu Yang paused when talking about weapons and armor, and then said, "I forgot about your special feature. Your inner energy circulation is so well-integrated that you should already be equivalent to the perfected Nourishing Breath Realm, only your profound energy is a bit lacking... In that case, you should already be able to observe the Yin Profound Appearance."

Fang Shi's eyes widened immediately, extremely excited: "Master, could you be talking about a natal artifact?"

"Exactly." Qu Yang seemed excited as well. "Young Fang, I'm very curious to see what kind of Yin Xuan form you'll come up with."

Fang Shi was equally excited: "Master, what is the relationship between this Yin Xuan Form and the natal artifact?"

"Of course it's very important... Come on, come on, let's go upstairs."

After saying that, the master and apprentice went upstairs excitedly and found a weapon manual.

"Young man, listen carefully. This so-called Yin Xuan Xiang is one of the Yin and Yang aspects of living beings, and its counterpart is Yang Xuan Xiang..."

The so-called Yin-Yang correspondence refers to the correspondence between movement and stillness, and life and death.

A person's appearance and body are full of spirit, lively and dynamic, hence the name Yangxuan Xiang.

On the living body there are also dead things, used by living beings to survive. Scales, hair, armor, feathers, claws, teeth... are all of this category, called Yin Xuan Xiang.

However, because the mixed spirits of all kinds of beasts do not gather together, and yin and yang are incompatible, the two levels separate, resulting in the extreme yang giving birth to beast bodies and the extreme yin giving birth to claws and teeth, and also because the mixed spirits are unstable, they lack intelligence.

Humans are different. Their spirits are mixed and their yin and yang are restrained. They have gained wisdom but lost strength, and they have no claws or teeth to use.

"Only in this way can one cultivate the Yang Xuan to form the inner circumference and cultivate the Yin Xuan to form the outer circumference."

Qu Yang clapped his hands: "But the yin and yang aspects of a person are already contained within, and cannot grow rashly. Therefore, they need to be supported by external objects. Thus, the living body corresponds to the dead body, which also follows the principle of yin and yang."

This other object is the cultivator's natal artifact.

"With this mysterious artifact, cultivators can build a spiritual platform and energy pool, connect it with the artifact, form an outer circulatory system, and refine the fierce and natural mysterious energy to display the power of their techniques."

Fang Shi raised his hand and said, "Master, how do I read the Yin Xuan form? I haven't been able to sense it all day."

Qu Yang sighed: "It's your strange constitution that's to blame. If it were someone else, they would master the method of internal vision after just one session, as if it were second nature. Fine, since you need Xuan Qi to infuse your internal vision, I will transfer some Xuan Qi to you. Although this Xuan Qi cannot remain in your body for long, it will still allow you to feel the Xuan Qi entering your body."

He immediately waved his hand, and a bright green gourd appeared in his palm, its light flashing.

"Is this Master's natal magic weapon?" Fang Shi was overjoyed; he loved this high-level magic treasure.

But Qu Yang shook his head and said, "This was just one of my natal artifacts. These objects are essentially used for symbolic representation. You will understand this when you reach a certain level of cultivation."

call out!

A wisp of pure energy emanated from his palm, swirling around the gourd like a thin stream. It was drawn into the gourd, and only then did the spiritual light dissipate, falling back onto his hand.

"Hey, drink up."

"Master, I don't like drinking." Fang Shi said pitifully; he truly didn't like alcohol.

"Just drink it. You can't even get this kind of spirit wine anywhere else." Qu Yang impatiently shoved the gourd into the boy's mouth.

Honestly, this brat is just taking advantage of being favored, always finding fault.

All I heard was the sound of gulping down a gourd of fine wine.

Unexpectedly, this spirit wine had none of the strong smell that Fang Shi remembered. Instead, it was very refreshing, sweet and crisp, like some kind of fruit juice.

"Cool."

When they reached the second half of the gourd, Fang Shi was already drinking heartily from it until he finished it all and let out a satisfied burp.

"How is it? Delicious, right?" Qu Yang said smugly, enjoying the way this kid was all talk and no action.

"Can you feel it now?"

"No, Master, would you like another pot?"

"..."